About USLI

NASA University Student Launch Initiative, or USLI, is a competition that challenges university-level students to design, build and launch a reusable rocket with a scientific or engineering payload to one mile above ground level, or AGL. The project engages students in scientific research and real-world engineering processes with NASA engineers. 

NASA USLI 2021-2022 Handbook

Our Progress

We have finished our Preliminary Design Report Presentation containing important details regarding the rocket construction and brainstorming process.

Our Flysheet provides a look at our rocket properties and the millstones we have reached.

Check out our Preliminary Design Report (PDR) and our Critical Design Report (CDR) for more data regarding our initiatives.

Our Flight Readiness Report (FDR) can be viewed to show our confidence on taking to the skies.

2021-2022 NASA University Student Launch Initiative Teams

  • Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, California
  • California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California
  • Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio
  • Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
  • Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee
  • New York University, New York, New York
  • North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
  • Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana
  • Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
  • Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
  • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
  • The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
  • The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
  • The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
  • United States Air Force Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
  • United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
  • University of California, Davis, Davis, California
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
  • University of Florida, Gainesville , Florida
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
  • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  • University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
  • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Utah State University, Logan, Utah
  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri